Healthcare
Verlinvest leads €24.5m investment in Liva Healthcare
Verlinvest executive director Simon Sallustio will take a place on the company's board following the transaction
Westlake sells Somatex to trade for $64m
US-based listed medical devices business Hologic acquires the business in a $64m deal
Waterland's Median Kliniken acquires Priory Group for £1bn
Deal is the 22nd bolt-on in Median's buy-and-build strategy since Waterland's first investment in 2011
SHS buys minority stake in Develco Pharma
Growth capital deal is the ninth investment from the healthcare-focused GP's fifth fund
Sanofi et al. back €47m series-B for MinervaX
MinervaX has so far raised a total of $81.5m in funding, including grants
Procuritas buys and merges Medpro and Omtanken
GP is deploying equity from Procuritas VI, which held a final close on €318m in May 2017
Investcorp acquires clinical trials company Sanos
GP is deploying equity from its European Buyout Fund, which held a final close on €1bn in January 2019
RA leads $45m round for PepGen
With a seed investment of £4.5m from OSI, PepGen was spun out in 2018
Black Sea buys dental clinic operator DigiRay
GP is investing from its maiden fund, which held a first close on €43m in 2018
Merieux Equity et al. in series-A round for Cell-Easy
Company plans to use the fresh funding to expand its manufacturing platform and scale up its team
Marcol-backed HealthHero acquires Eight Roads-backed Doctorlink
Doctorlink generated £3.8m in turnover and EBITDA of -£7.6m in the year ending on 30 June 2020
Gyrus buys LivaNova heart valve business for €60m
Gyrus has also made an offer for the heart valve's French division, but a decision remains to be made
GED buys four health services
GP deploys capital from GED VI España, which was launched with a €175m target and held a €100m first close in 2019
Sofinnova, Polaris lead CHF 54m series-A for Noema
Noema plans to use the fresh capital to fund the development of its clinical-stage pipeline
SHS sells Puracon to IK-backed Klingel
Deal marks Klingel's third add-on under IK ownership, as well as SHS's third exit of 2020
Wellington, HBM lead €22m round for Adrenomed
Round follows the company's €24m series-D in November 2019, also backed by Wellington and HBM
G Square backs €40m round for Medadom
France-based telemedicine startup intends to use the fresh capital to expand its domestic presence
MLL auction process begins – report
Munich Leukemia Laboratory could generate a valuation of 11-12x, Mergermarket reports
GP-backed Diaverum scraps plans for IPO
GP said indications received did not fully reflect the fundamental value of the business
Kartesia in €32m refinancing for Enterprise-backed Nu-Med
Enterprise Investors acquired a minority stake in the oncology company in 2013
Liberta Partners acquires Forteq Healthcare
Deal is a carve-out from Forteq Group and marks the fourth investment from Liberta Partners II
Cadence Growth Capital invests in PlusDental
Germany-headquartered dental platform is Cadence Growth Capital's third investment
Abris Capital buys Scanmed for PLN 340m
GP invests in the company via Abris CEE Mid-Market III, which held a final close on its €500m target in 2017
H2 acquires Optegra
Vendor of the ophthalmology company is Eight Roads, Fidelity International's private equity arm